Just as Cixi was rushing to Baoding with her courtiers, the cavalry of the Russian army had already pursued her. -

Rong Lu's face turned white, this, what can I do? Now it's completely going to death for the two palaces.

Cixi's face was even pale, and Guangxu on the side was calm, still coldly not speaking, he still watched the jokes as always.

Rong Lu knelt on the ground and said: "Lafayette, now only the slave leads the army to fight to the death, the slave leads the Wuwei army to stop the attack of the Russian army in the back, and the cavalry of the Wuwei front army protects you and the emperor and quickly retreats to Baoding Mansion, only when you enter Baoding Mansion can you have temporary safety." ”

Cixi asked in a trembling voice, "What?" Rong Lu, could it be that Li Hongzhang was defeated so quickly? Impossible! ”

Rong Lu replied astringently: "Lafayette, Li Zhongtang is a famous general, after a long time on the battlefield, and with the assistance of Lord Dong, Beijing City will definitely not fall in two or three days, now it looks at the situation It must be that the Russian army has obtained the information of moving to Baoding, bypassing Beijing City, the army rushed directly to this side, Lafayette, it's too late to say anything now, the slaves led the army to fight to the death, Lafayette, you hurry up and take the emperor and all the ministers to enter Baoding City!" ”

In this way, Rong Lu led more than 7,000 horses to turn over and block the attack of the Russian army, while Cixi and others quickly fled to Baoding under the protection of the cavalry.

It's just that Ronglu, with more than 7,000 horses, where is the opponent of the Russian cavalry? The Russian army has more than 10,000 horses in four brigades alone, where can seven or eight thousand infantry be able to stop it.

The Russian army rushed with a strong impact, and it only took more than ten minutes to scatter the Qing army, like chopping melons and vegetables, and the Qing army scattered and fled, unable to withstand the strong attack of the Russian army at all.

Rong Lu restrained the Wuwei army again and again, trying to organize the defense again, as if it was easy to stabilize.

But how long can this be stable?

The Russian army began a whirlwind tactic and began to surround the infantry in the middle, depriving the Qing army of their lives layer by layer, and in just an hour, the Qing army had already killed more than 2,000 people and wounded countless people.

At this time, the Russian army got the exact information, and Cixi and the emperor were already under the escort of the cavalry, and quickly withdrew to Baoding Mansion.

Tymoshenko was taken aback, the Queen Mother and the Emperor had gone to Baoding Mansion, and her army was still entangled here, throwing off the Armed Guards and continuing to 'advance' towards Baoding Mansion.

There are still more than ten miles away, and the Russian army has already come from the end, and there are only about 1,000 cavalry in this army.

Salongdu hurriedly said: "Lafayette, now it is only ten miles away from Baoding Mansion, I am here in front of you, you hurry into the city, quickly!" ”

In a hurry, the direction of Baoding Mansion, also drove over a large group of people, it was the local garrison of Baoding Mansion, which was originally in front of Baoding City to meet the two palaces, who knew but got a quick horse urgent report, the Russian army besieged the two palaces, in danger, but the prefect of Baoding Mansion was frightened, and hurriedly sent an order to Zhang Mingyuan, the chief soldier of Baoding Mansion, so that he could quickly send troops to rescue, no matter what, he would save Lafayette and the emperor!

Today's Zhang Mingyuan is no longer willing to engage the Russian army, even Lafayette and the emperor are in danger, where can they be greedy for life and afraid of death, Zhang Mingyuan urgently gathered all the Huai army and green battalion soldiers in Baoding Mansion, a total of more than 3,000 people, and killed Baoding Mansion.

In this way, the local garrison in Baoding and the cavalry of the Wuwei Front Army merged together, and more than 4,000 people entangled the Russian army to the death.

But they entered Baoding Mansion, the front army of Wuwei and the green battalion soldiers of Baoding were miserable, these troops only had more than 4,000 people in total, where was the opponent of the red-eyed Russian soldiers, even if Rong Lu led the remnants of the defeated army to push over, two attacks, they couldn't help others, the Cossack cavalry was like a tiger into the wolves, the Qing army was defeated and retreated, and the Qing army was chased to the city of Baoding Mansion, and Baoding Mansion was impassable.

Rong Lu, who entered the city, counted all the people, and now there are less than 6,000 people together with the Wuwei army and the garrison of Baoding Mansion, most of them died on the battlefield, and this large number of people fled by the way, and they don't know where to go, it's too miserable, even if it is less than 6,000 people, almost all of them are injured.

Rong Lu's face was pale, and his arm was also slashed by the Russian army, and his bones were deeply visible, Rong Lu hastily bandaged it, and hurriedly rushed to the Governor's Mansion to meet the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Now the Empress Dowager Cixi regrets that she even has the heart to die, and regrets that she should not have listened to the advice of these waste ministers and moved to Baoding, and now Baoding is blocked by the Russian army, and it is possible to launch a fierce attack at any time.

Rong Lu staggered in, knelt on the ground, and said, "Lafayette, the slave put Lafayette in danger, it's really a crime that deserves death, woo!" ”

Cixi sighed, looked at the wounds on Rong Lu's body, and said: "Rong Lu, you get up, if you didn't lead the army to fight to the death, I'm afraid that the mourning family and the emperor have now fallen into the hands of the Russians, you say, what can I do now?" Our Baoding Mansion will definitely not be able to stop so many Russian soldiers! ”

Rong Lu replied: "Lafayette, let's immediately call the whole country, and order the soldiers and horses of the whole country to hurry up and work hard, and the men and horses who are close to Gyeonggi are definitely not the opponents of Tsarist Russia, and the losses of the Wuwei army are too heavy, and now there are seven or eight out of ten casualties." ”

Xu Yongyi on the side replied: "Lafayette, now Beijing City Li Hongzhang must have been restrained by the Russian army, it is difficult to separate, the army in other places is hundreds of miles away from us, thousands of miles away, we lack cavalry, we can't catch up with Baoding Mansion in a short time, our Baoding Mansion now only has 6,000 wounded soldiers, absolutely can't support it, now the Russian artillery has not fallen over, once the artillery is transferred, then I'm afraid we can't even withstand it for three days." Now we have to negotiate peace......"

Cixi's eyes flashed and she asked, "Negotiate peace?" ”

Li Hongzao on the side said angrily: "Peace? How to negotiate peace now? Lord Xu, now that peace is being discussed, it is the alliance under the city! We have been 'forced' to a dead end by the Russian army, once peace is negotiated, how much land and how much wealth do we have to lose? Such a humiliating thing is absolutely impossible! ”

Xu Yongyi's anger also came up, this Li Hongzao, fucking is a shit-stirring stick, he is everywhere! Xu Yongyi said angrily: "Could it be that land and wealth are more important than the safety of the queen mother and the emperor?" If we lose our land and lose our money, we can get it back again, and we are earning it back, and the Qing Dynasty is still the Qing Dynasty! If the Queen Mother and Lafayette encounter an accident, will the Qing Dynasty still be the Qing Dynasty? ”

Li Hongzao's face was flushed, and he said angrily: "You! Xu Yongyi ......" Rong Lu on the side said: "Lafayette, the safest way now is to negotiate peace, but who to send to negotiate peace now?" There are no people in the DPRK who know how to do foreign affairs. Cixi was so worried that her brows had now condensed, and she had already been 'messed up' and didn't know what to do.